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This blog is a companion to the book I have written. It will teach current (and future) journalists the skills they need to do better journalism with the help of digital technology. More information about the book.

 

Mercury News opens up to reinvent

Most (hopefully all) newspapers are talking internally about how to evolve. The San Jose Mercury News, a recent round of job cuts in the newsroom, is going public with its process for reinvention.

Launched on Tuesday, the reTHINK Mercury News blog will detail the progress and discuss ideas of how the newspaper can “grow — or even keep” its audience. Yesterday, some 100 newspaper staffers appeared at a kick-off meeting and volunteered to be part of one very big committee.

Follow along here. Read Portfolio.com’s view of it here.

Posted by MarkBriggs on Thursday, August 09, 2007
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